Asia Test

Question 1

Do’s and Don’ts for Chopsticks?

Answer 1

Do’s
Place chopsticks on rest or across the bowl
Rest them parallel to each other
Hold them correctly

Dont’s
Don’t stick them upright in your rice bowl
Don’t impale your food with them
Don’t cross them on the table
Don’t use them to play or gesture
Don’t use your’s to take food from a communal bowl

Question 2

What is elevation?

Answer 2

Elevation is height above sea level. This can be showed on maps with rings (topographic) or color (physical)

Question 3

How many tectonic plates are there?

Answer 3

7

Question 4

The plates are _______ moving in ________ directions

Answer 4

1. Always
2. Different

Question 5

What happens when the plates come together?

Answer 5

Mountains form

Question 6

What happens when the plates shift and rub against each other?

Answer 6

Earthquakes happen

Question 7

What happens when the plates shift and get stuck?
When the _________ is released?

Answer 7

The build up potential energy
Earthquakes happen

Question 8

How many plates is Japan along?

Answer 8

4

Question 9

What do topographic maps use to show elevation?

Answer 9

Rings

Question 10

The __________ the rings the higher the elevation with a topographic map
(vise versa)

Answer 10

Smaller

Question 11

Topographic maps are _______ specific than physical maps

Answer 11

More

Question 12

Who could use a topographic map?

Answer 12

Hikers, pilots. rescue teams, military, architectural engineers, and more

Question 13

What do physical maps use to show elevation?

Answer 13

Color

Question 14

Physical maps are ________ specific than topographic maps and ________ general

Answer 14

1. less
2. more

Question 15

Who could use physical maps?

Answer 15

Tourists, meteorologists, citizens, and more

Question 16

What is the island in japan that is north of Honshu?

Answer 16

Hokkaido

Question 17

What does etiquette mean?

Answer 17

To have manners and act appropriately.

Question 18

T/F: Government is a group of people who create laws and institutions for a country.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

What is the biggest and central island in Japan

Answer 19

Honshu

Question 20

In a , ________all members of the group are involved in the discussion and decision making

Answer 20

Direct Democracy

Question 21

People who escape North Korea/dictatorships are called…

Answer 21

Defectors

Question 22

T/F: In Northwest China there is a lot of lower elevated land.

Answer 22

False

Question 23

what is space below sea level?

Answer 23

depth

Question 24

When did the Korean War end?

Answer 24

It never ended

Question 25

Which line of latitude does the dmz roughly follow along?

Answer 25

38th parallel

Question 26

List two ways dictators get into power

Answer 26

coup, elected, born into it

Question 27

When the Indian and Eurasian plates came together millions of years ago-- what did they form?

Answer 27

Himalayan Mountains

Question 28

Negative environmental impact is called:

Answer 28

Human footprint

Question 29

List one freedom restriction (other than speech/voting) in a dictatorship.

Answer 29

Mobility, TV/phone access, clothing, choosing not to go to the leader’s birthday

Question 30

Scar stood on top of the rock and said “See me for the wonder I am…” -- what character trait of a dictator is this? Why?

Answer 30

He loves himself because he thinks he is some admirable great lion.

Question 31

What type of government does South Korea have?

Answer 31

Representative democracy

Question 32

Describe how dictators use propaganda (IE STRONGLY PERSUADING TO GET SOMEONE TO BELIEVE AN IDEA) to further their cause.

Answer 32

Brainwash humans from a young age - anti-American/South Korean propaganda in North Korea to keep fear instilled in their people, pro-dictator propaganda in the forms of songs, statues, radio, pictures etc

Question 33

Who was in power before Kim Jong Un?

Answer 33

Kim Jong il

Question 34

What is the name of the area between north and South Korea (2.5 miles wide, over 150 miles long)

Answer 34

DMZ

Question 35

What is the name of the blue building on the DMZ (Panmunjom)

Answer 35

Joint Security Area

Question 36

Tokyo has a lot of people and thus a large human footprint...why do they have such a big human footprint?

Answer 36

More people = more cars = more pollution in atmosphere (one such example)

Question 37

What information can a lights at night map give you?

Answer 37

Development - if a country has access to electricity + how populated an area is

Question 38

The Korean war (along with the Vietnam War) was a part of the COLD WAR lasting from 1947-1991. A significant moment was 1989 when the _______ ______was torn down. 4 point bonus because we didn’t talk about it **Not on your test, don’t panic**

Answer 38

Berlin Wall

Question 39

How long is the DMZ?

Answer 39

150 miles long (other sources say 160 miles long)

Question 40

What is the name of the first leader of south Korea after the division of north and south Korea?

Answer 40

Syngman Rhee

Question 41

Do's and Don'ts for Chopsticks?

Answer 41

Do's Place chopsticks on rest or across the bowl Rest them parallel to each other Hold them correctly Dont's Don't stick them upright in your rice bowl Don't impale your food with them Don't cross them on the table Don't use them to play or gesture Don't use your's to take food from a communal bowl ## Footnote jnjjk/lk

Question 42

What are the four main islands of Japan

Answer 42

Shikoku, Kyushu, Hokkaido, Honshu